Stafian

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stafian

p. ode To direct, dictate :-- Se geréfa ðone áð him swór swá hé hyne sylf stafode the steward swore the oath to Abraham, as Abraham himself dictated it, Gen. 24, 9. Abraham ðurh wítegunge stafode ðone að, Homl. Th. ii. 234, 34. [O. H. Ger. stabén dirigere: Icel. stafa eið to dictate an oath to a person.] stafian